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From: raingloom <raingloom@riseup.net>
To: Paul Jewell <paul@teulu.org>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: nmtui - user authorisation
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 01:50:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211229015029.7f75bb7b@riseup.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ac62b53d-ceb5-8292-03d3-db08580d6dd4@teulu.org>

On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 18:39:52 +0000
Paul Jewell <paul@teulu.org> wrote:

> On 27/12/2021 23:20, Leo Famulari wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 10:07:17PM +0000, Paul Jewell wrote:  
> >> Solved this - nmtui needs to be run as root; my script which
> >> invoked the program didn't consider that. Changing it to run as
> >> sudo gives me an opportunity to enter my password, and then
> >> successfully setup the wifi interface details.  
> > Another option is to add nmtui to the list of programs that are
> > setuid. That way, any user on your system could configure wifi,
> > which may be more ergonomic.
> >
> > https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Setuid-Programs.html
> >  
> 
> This option did work as expected. The only additional point for
> anyone else coming across this post with the same issue: remember to
> add the
> 
> #:use-module (gnu system setuid)
> 
> so the setuid record is known.
> 
> Thanks Leo!

Uhm, I'm pretty sure NetworkManager lets any user modify networking
settings as long as they are in a certain group?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NetworkManager#Set_up_PolicyKit_permissions

At least that's how it is on postmarketOS and I'm also fairly certain I
never needed root access to set up WiFi under Guix either, but I don't
have a system at hand to verify that on.


  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-29  0:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-27  7:33 nmtui - user authorisation Paul Jewell
2021-12-27 22:07 ` Paul Jewell
2021-12-27 23:20   ` Leo Famulari
2021-12-28 18:39     ` Paul Jewell
2021-12-29  0:50       ` raingloom [this message]
2021-12-29 11:04         ` Paul Jewell
2021-12-30 19:00           ` raingloom
2021-12-31 18:41             ` bug#52904: " Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2022-01-02  9:32               ` Paul Jewell
2022-01-02 11:07                 ` Josselin Poiret
2022-01-02 20:42                   ` Mekeor Melire

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